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Sunday, June 9, 2013
HENRIETTA AND THE HAIRDOOZ - YOU GOT A LOT TO LEARN
A group that called themselves The De Vaurs formed in the late '50's while the young ladies were still high school students. As was the doo wop tradition, they spent many hours perfecting their harmonies under street lamps and on street corners, eventually winning a talent contest which earned them a recording contract. Flashing forward a few years, the group was signed to a production deal which saw their name changed to Baby Jane & The Rockabyes, saw their records be released on labels such as United Artists (and their offshoot label, Liberty), with producers trying to emulate the success found on Bob B Soxx & The Blue Jeans big hit "Zip A Dee Doo Dah" with rhythm-ified versions of "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window" and "Hickery Dickery Dock". The records went nowhere, and (mostly) the same singers also recorded as The Lullabyes (who were previously featured here), The Elektras, and Henrietta & The Hairdooz.
This record loses the nursery rhyme jive (luckily) and is a beautiful, serious slice of melancholy girl group magic.
from 1963...
HENRIETTA AND THE HAIRDOOZ - YOU GOT A LOT TO LEARN
1 comment:
Love this Derek, thank you!
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